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Brain drain: Bane to Africa's potential

By Muhunyo Maina | Jul. 24, 2022
Migrants wait in a boat at sunrise to be rescued by the crew of the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 in international waters off the coast of Libya, in the western Mediterranean Sea, July 30, 2021. [Reuters]

 

A month ago, the BBC published an article titled Africa’s Brain Drain:’90 per cent of my friends want to leave.

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